The myth of the Seven Sages (1)

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Adapa, the purification priest of Eridu [ … ] who ascended to heaven. They are the seven brilliant Apkallu’s, purādu-fish of the sea, [sev]en Apkallu’s grown in the river, who ensure the correct functioning of the plans of heaven and earth. Nunpiriggaldim, the Apkallu of Enmerkar, who brought down Ištar from heaven into Eanna; Piriggalnungal, stemming from Kish, who angered Adad in heaven so that he let no rain and (hence) vegetation be in the country for three years; Piriggalabzu, stemming from [Eridu] who … and thus angered Ea in the Apsu so that he … The fourth (is) Lu-Nanna, (only) two-thirds Apkallu, who drove the ušumgallu-dragon from Eninkarnunna, the temple of Ištar of Šulgi. [ … ] of human descent, whom (pl.) the Lord Ea had endowed with a broad understanding.

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